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South Korea Leads The World In Fiber Adoption

South Korea is the undisputed telecommunications superpower of our world — how did they achieve this? South Korea has the highest percentage of users with fibre broadband subscriptions in the world, according to the data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Statista published a chart displaying selected countries included in the OECD data set which was collected in the second quarter of 2019. TelecoHighlights   Accounting for 81.7% of its total fixed-broadband subscriptions, it is clear that South Korea is the leader when it comes to fibre adoption. Its neighbour, Japan (79%), is also among the nations…
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Huawei Calls For A Fresh Mindset To Speed Up 5G Development

At the 10th annual Mobile Broadband Forum held last October 15 in Zurich, Huawei Deputy Chairman Ken Hu outlined the current status of 5G development around the world. In addition to highlighting the value 5G has already brought to consumers and industries in early adopter countries, he also delved into the importance of favorable policy and cross-sector collaboration for speeding up the next stage of 5G development. “We’ve made great progress,” said Hu. “But to make the most of 5G, we need to work together to deal with the real challenges that lie ahead: spectrum, site resources, and cross-sector collaboration.…
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Microsoft Increases Commitment To Eliminate The US Rural Broadband Gap

The Microsoft Airband Initiative will expand to bring broadband to 3 million unserved people in rural communities by July 4, 2022 WASHINGTON — Dec. 4, 2018 — More than 19 million people living in rural America do not have access to broadband, a service as necessary as electricity in today’s digital economy. Today, at an event in Washington, D.C., Microsoft President Brad Smith reiterated his call for a national strategy to close the rural broadband gap and highlighted that this is a problem the country can solve. Smith also announced a significantly increased commitment by Microsoft to help tackle the problem. The Microsoft…
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